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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes Screening-WHITE MALES

Have you ever had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,169 1,395 59.4 55.9-62.7 774 40.6 37.3-44.1
AGE
18-24 128 43 27.9 18.1-40.3 85 72.1 59.7-81.9
25-34 339 164 45.1 37.2-53.2 175 54.9 46.8-62.8
35-44 455 259 58.3 51.7-64.7 196 41.7 35.3-48.3
45-54 418 298 74.4 67.8-80.1 120 25.6 19.9-32.2
55-64 360 269 75.8 69.3-81.3 91 24.2 18.7-30.7
65-74 296 224 77.8 70.7-83.6 72 22.2 16.4-29.3
75+ 161 129 78.5 67.4-86.6 32 21.5 13.4-32.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 261 157 59.6 48.6-69.7 104 40.4 30.3-51.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 611 371 54.7 48.2-61.0 240 45.3 39.0-51.8
Some Post-H.S. 535 363 58.1 50.7-65.2 172 41.9 34.8-49.3
College Graduate 756 500 64.5 59.5-69.3 256 35.5 30.7-40.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 134 86 53.1 39.0-66.8 48 46.9 33.2-61.0
$15,000- 24,999 295 163 53.3 43.6-62.8 132 46.7 37.2-56.4
$25,000- 34,999 223 139 54.1 43.8-64.1 84 45.9 35.9-56.2
$35,000- 49,999 362 234 59.2 51.4-66.6 128 40.8 33.4-48.6
$50,000-74,999 313 212 67.8 59.2-75.4 101 32.2 24.6-40.8
$75,000+ 394 269 67.3 60.1-73.8 125 32.7 26.2-39.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 135 94 64.7 54.4-73.8 41 35.3 26.2-45.6
Guilford 99 62 62.1 50.3-72.7 37 37.9 27.3-49.7
Mecklenburg 90 53 48.3 34.5-62.4 37 51.7 37.6-65.5
Orange 118 71 60.1 49.7-69.6 47 39.9 30.4-50.3
Wake 107 62 53.2 42.2-63.9 45 46.8 36.1-57.8
Chatham/Lee 106 68 58.3 46.0-69.7 38 41.7 30.3-54.0
Nash/Wilson 73 54 73.9 61.2-83.6 19 26.1 16.4-38.8
Craven/Pamlico 106 75 66.2 53.9-76.7 31 33.8 23.3-46.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 132 81 59.3 48.3-69.5 51 40.7 30.5-51.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 137 87 54.6 42.3-66.3 50 45.4 33.7-57.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 98 55 44.5 32.1-57.6 43 55.5 42.4-67.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 116 73 66.1 55.6-75.1 43 33.9 24.9-44.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 61 39 58.3 43.5-71.8 22 41.7 28.2-56.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 73 43 54.1 41.0-66.7 30 45.9 33.3-59.0
Northeast NC I 48 35 67.8 50.6-81.3 13 32.2 18.7-49.4
Northeast NC II 97 70 62.1 48.8-73.7 27 37.9 26.3-51.2
Northeastern Partnership 145 105 63.4 52.3-73.1 40 36.6 26.9-47.7
Mountain AHEC 362 240 60.3 50.7-69.2 122 39.7 30.8-49.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 602 410 62.7 55.6-69.2 192 37.3 30.8-44.4
Piedmont 979 606 57.7 52.9-62.3 373 42.3 37.7-47.1
Western NC 588 379 60.0 52.8-66.8 209 40.0 33.2-47.2

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*Asked of all respondents that answered NO to diabetes Core question: Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have diabetes?

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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